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how effective is drug therapy for treating addictions e.g methadone to treat heroin addiction

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what is methadone treatment- instead of going cold turky addict is given 10-30ml does of methadone adminstered by a pharmisist in a pharmacy to reduce withdrawl symptoms problems w methadone - very expensive and isnt really freducing addiction just replacing w anouther drug how can key quesytion help live of addicts- anserwing key question helps us find the most affetive drug treatment for addicts how can methadone treatment improve society - reducing number of heroin addicts saves money as tax payer £22 billion a year on treatment

heroin mimics natural opitoes and binds to receptors leading to influx of dopamine meaning euphoria and sedation. also blocks NT that stimulate pain and stress methadone is synthetic opiod that prevents withdrawl symptoms by mimicing natural receptors and blocks dopamine reward cycle west found in meta anlysis that beuprophine usesers where more likely to stay heroin free compared to methodone treatment. t/f methadone treatment not effective for all drug users west found methadone treated addicts less likely to test positive illicit opioids during drug treatment compared to beuprophine users t/f effective in stopping addict from continously taking heroin